So Obama has announced that his campaign for re-election is underway. Sounds like he is pursuing the same road that he did after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Didn't accomplish one worthwhile thing there. Spent the next two years campigning for the Presidency. Now after two very undistinguished years posing as our Commander-In-Chief, it looks like he will spend the next two years doing likewise with the aid of the liberal media. Might not be bad, since he won't have time to be thinking up more ways to bankrupt the U.S.A..

Living inside the DC beltway I hear the lumpen mass of federal workers seeking the heads from the republican Congress. These myopically angry federal employees only see a bloated paycheck threatened, their minds will not allow them to grasp the larger issue involving the very survivability of the government that pays them.

One idiot in my office even went so far as to assert that I should not worry about funding for the government for it can always print more money. I stared at him in disbelief. I fear a nightly glow on the horizpn as the Bureau of Engraving and Printing works 24/7/365 to pump worthless paper to sustain this country. I lament because even for that individual it is all a game in which deceit wins. A country's honor and integrity are sacrificed on the altar of individual greed.

The history of Weimar Germany should be our example for in the 1920's it took wheelbarrows of Deutschmarks to put a loaf of bread on the table. The United States is almost there, unless we meet the profligacy of government head-on and deal with it in an adult manner.

Once again the Patriot Post has scored a bulls-eye! When I was a younger man, my Dad told me that you cannot borrow your way out of debt. It was so profound and yet so simple!

Most working Americans live on a budget which is balanced so as to have a little left over for savings. Why in all creation do the elitists in our government not grasp that simple formula? What would happen to the U.S. if Japan called in their IOUs? Our treasury would not be able to pay them, that's what!

Wake up people!!

With the Circus that is Washington D.C. what better press secretary than one named "Carney"

"No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt..."

It is entirely inconceivably to me that these words could have come from the mouth of one who was so close a friend to the man who said,

"A national debt shall be, to us, a national blessing."

I am conflicted on this issue. Washington seemed to have more, economically and socially, in common with Jefferson than with Hamilton, and yet it was Hamilton's policies that triumphed in the end - leading us to the point in fiscal history we find ourselves pinioned in.

I have a short term plan to reduce the deficit that would not affect jobs. Go back to the pre-Reagan tax rates for social reformers with an income of over 1 billion or a net worth of over 500 million.

There is not one segment of our Federal Budget that should be free from cuts. HOWEVER,it is interesting that no elected officials are talking about cutting elected politicans salary or bvenefits which are obscene. That is where this cutting should start and then the American people will believe they are serious.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's called treason. How many of our elected officials and government workers are working to destroy our American constitutional institutions and remake them, not to mention those Americans in bed with them? I guess we're waiting, but for what, I have no idea. I know I am almost in shock daily from the disgusting things happening around us. Satan is working overtime and doing well, but I know God will forever overcome evil. Get on your knees and pray for our country and the rest of the world or we are doomed! God bless America!

Sir, would you please consider running for presidet next year? We really need your dedication, integrity, honor, knowledge and committment to America and liberty.

I challenge you Mr. Alexander to prove to me and the American people that Socialism/Communism has not been the love affair of Americans for over a centurity? Yes, the original germ was small, begun with the introduction of public education by the very Federal Government over a century ago! Public Education is actually the factory of good and confused American Socialists/Communists. And how about Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac, this is not Socialism/Communism enacted by the Federal Government, many decades ago, also without the consent of the American taxpayer! And how about Social Secuirty, not Socialism/Communism? How about Medicare, not Socialism/Communism? However, all the cry by so called Conservatives is that Obama is converting America to Socialism/Communism. So I say to Conservatives: Stop lying and tell the truth to yourself and to all Americans, please? Yes, I as a legal immigrant now going on 55 years voted for Ron Paul and will vote for him again should he decide to run again. All other possible candidates do not know what is really needed to restore America back to the principles it was founded upon. Of course there is also America's militaristic imperialism helping to choking it to death ever faster while America at home is falling apart at the very seems.

While I cannot say that this is the ONLY reason we are hobbling forward in this race to greatness, I can say that the Fed is a central matter - not only because they do not have any Constitutional authority to dabble in currency production, but because our debt lies predominantly in the interest we (as a nation) OWE TO THE FED on the loans of money to our government. The government placed itself in debt to the Federal Reserve Bank (a misnomer if ever there was one) by borrowing money from the bank at interest.

The only time America was ever close to national solvency was in the 1830s, when President Andrew Jackson allowed the national bank at the time (a predecessor of the Fed) to run out its charter, refused to renew that charter, and ordered the United States Treasury to issue currency again. However, THIS currency would be interest-free, meaning there would be no debt incurred by the people for simply using it and no loss in value of their wages due to changing interest rates between the government and the bank. As there was no interest to pay on this Constitutionally-authorized currency, the debt ceased to grow, and it could be assailed proactively.

The results of this campaign are well-known enough to educated Americans:

1 -- The national debt was, by 1834, reduced to $34,000 - from several millions - in a period of only a few years.

2 -- President Jackson's life was attempted - presumably by agencies of the now-defunct national bank. A man of questionable sanity (according to the record) shot at President Jackson as he left a funeral; the pistol misfired. The man drew a second pistol, but it also failed. Jackson - a man of military experience and towering courage - rather than run for cover, proceeded to beat the offending man with his cane.

As a possible support for this thought, it is conceivable that Lincoln was assassinated because of his Greenback currency - also interest-free and in spite of the second national bank (which rose almost immediately in the wake of President Jackson's death).

As another possible support for this thought, consider the assassination of President Kennedy - following his issuance of Executive Order 11110, which restored to the government the authority to issue currency. This would have rendered the Fed not only unnecessary, but possibly subject to decades of criminal charges - possibly including treason.

I submit that any president to make any attempt to either eliminate the Fed or restore currency to the government shall also have attempts - successful or otherwise - made on his/her life that shall be rooted in, and traceable to, the (inter)national banking system. I suggest that any president planning to do so: should proceed very quietly; should involve the smallest number of most-trusted and most-capable people possible; and should do so in such a way as to foreverafter forbid the establishment of a national bank in America; the banks must never know of the plan until it is executed and irrevocable.

So, barry soetoro spent more than 2 years campaigning for his first term, then 2 years turning America upside down. Since November he has masqueraded as a compromising moderate. Now he's going to spend the next year and half re-campaigning for his next term. At his re-election he can then call himself what he truly is: Comrade Fuhrer.

"While Ryan's plan puts the brakes on Obama's unmitigated spending proposals, it is notable that, despite all the Leftist consternation, it reduces the growth of government spending by 40 percent over the next decade, not overall spending..."

Is it any wonder? Ryan is likely an apt student of history - of the banks and those who have thwarted them - and has no particular interest to make of himself a lone target; the lone target makes little impact on the crowd, and is soon forgotten by the crowd.

He should be lent wide-spread popular support for such a bold and hazardous gambit. Only by having millions of eyes on his every move and every moment can the shadowy agent of his opposition be caught out.

H. D. Schmidt - you are right. Woodrow Wilson started us down the path toward totalitarian government with the income tax, the federal reserve, and the "league of nations". But that pig now occupying our white house has painted a very clear face on that threat - one which is truly wakening our nation and filling every patriot's heart with - a determination for the reckoning. And this civil war may very well tear us in half - one free, the other communist.

@ HDSchmidt -- Could you perhaps recompile your last post? In all honesty, I could make little out of it other than that you do not understand the local take on Republicans and Democrats; the rest appeared to be little more than ranting.

Please, recompile and repost. I would like to know what it was, precisely, that you were driving at.

In 1972, my economics professor told the class that Social Security was actuarially bankrupt and even called it a legalized Ponzi scheme. He told all of us 19 – 21 year old students that we would never see a dime of money from this deceitful program. Now nearing 60, I can see the day coming very soon when I will be old enough to draw on the money that I have “banked” with the U.S. government over the past 37 years, but I am not counting on any of it being there. Our government is at a very dangerous crossroads and if we choose the same path we have been on for the past 55 years, we will be a third-world country before I reach full retirement age. Rep. Ryan is a breath of fresh air and is certainly on the right path, but I am afraid that his steps are too little, too late, not to mention that his plan has already been demagogued by the Liberals and their press rooms in the major media.

Everyone should get on their knees and pray for the future of this once-great country and ask that God will grant wisdom to those in leadership positions. Now is the time for great men and women to rise up and save the United States of America!

Outstanding article, Mark,

The truth of where we are headed in a concise, simple to read format. I intend to share with a number of friends (many are Tea Party members) ( maybe you will get some more regular readers) Keep the common sense coming!!

Jerry Minion

If they say the Obamanomics Crisis is merely political hyperbole, then they are debt bomb deniers or fiscal responsibility haters... or maybe they are just simpletons who can't fathom the immutable laws of economic science.

If there is a government shutdown, all non-essential services and personnel will be shutdown. This will be a perfect list for Rep Ryan to add to his list of cuts. Maybe we should be all hoping for a shutdown. The Federal Government should only be only doing its essential duties as outlined in the Constitution.

The govt. will not be shutdown because the republican leadership (still an oxymoron) has jello in their spines. Back in 1995 Gingrich could not jump fast enough to pass the budget after kommandant klinton started closing parks and monuments. If Gingrich held fast we not be going through this farce again. Shutting down the govt. would not fit into the CFR's plans and Gingrich is a CFR member (how do you say traitor).

Congratulations and a hearty well done Mr. Alexander

On your Thursday April 7th Essay.

I am skeptical of our great Country staying out of debt as long as the Act of 1871 stays on the books. I wrote my Congressman about this very same thing and got a call from one of his assistants telling me it only applied to Washington,D.C. and its territories and that was true when it was passed but it has come to be applied to every state in the union. Think about that dratted Income Tax and everything else they can lay on the several states.

I like showing there is an opposite viewpoint of flaws. This time I can't. The budget proposal as written is flawed. What Mark failed to address is if this budget becomes law or partial law, we will have an overtaxed underclass for there will be no middle class. The dangers of lack of border security, FAA, food inspections will be a unmitigated disaster.

I read GOP leadership is an oxymoron. I dare say leadership on all sides is an oxymoron. When they put ideology in front and center instead of dealing with the countries business, this is the end. We will have a communistic 2 tier social system.

Seriously, does anyone know how the communist took over power in the the Soviet Union and is there a parallel between then and now.

I am not into conspiracies. I find them obtuse and without any ground truth. Now I wonder if my business partner might be right. Both sides either by design or accident are setting this country up to fail and failure leads to dare I say it, civil war which will lead to Homeland Security becoming the Law of the land. I mentioned there is no difference between the HLS and the Nazi Juden Laws. When does the madness ends?

If We the People really...TRULY... want to know the battle that is upon us (and 'gaining ground rapidly'), We the People need to 'google search' (and carefully read) a brief editorial, written in 1792-3, by Philip Freneau (1st editor of Jefferson and Madison's United States Gazette)... entitled "Rules for Changing a Limited Constitutional Republic into an Unlimited Aristocratic Monarchy"... Only until then, will We the People clearly, and without question, know the TRUE fight that is upon us to save our great nation. I've tried (several times) to get folks like Glen Beck, Hannity, Lars Larson, Savage, etc. to bring it to light, on their national programs... but they give absolutely... zero response (which brings their true nature to light, perhaps)!!! Read it, My treasured countrymen, and pay close attention to rules, 1, 6, and 7 (especially 6)... apply the words to these modern times upon us. It should scare the Hell out of us all, as this Freneau editorial is EXACTLY what is being shoved down Our throats, by those who's quest is to undermine and destroy the Republic. Mr. Alexander... I most respectfully challenge you to share this, along with your thoughts and comment. If I am wrong about "Philip Freneau, Rules for Changing...", please let me know how I am wrong. Thank you Mr. Alexander... I earnestly await your response to this comment. Kenneth Gillam, Portland, Oregon

Why are our newspapers referring to the President of the United States as anything other than Mr. President or President Obama? Is it that hard for news reporters, who are supposedly the voice of the American people, reporting on the facts, to address President Obama accordingly? Really?

Yes, either a veto proof conservative majority in 2012 or 2nd amendment marches on Washington to remove all of those not listening to the American people.

Preparing now for 2012 and that eventuality is imperative my conservative friends, since the winds of change will not shift enough to avert disaster for our nation and its future.

Sight em in, practice, and keep um clean, since I fear 2012 will be a big disappointment my fellow countrymen and women.

Mr. Alexender;

Were you concern on 2002 to 2009 and did you write similar articles? Are you working for or against our Country? Focus on the positive, not the negative.

Bill

While I can't think of anything really substantiate that I disagree with in your essay I do think that you didn't really go far enough. Two things that I can think of right off that go hand in hand with not spending money that we as a nation don't have would be that U.S. debt should only be held by U.S. entities as I am reminded of the admonition of George Washington that we should avoid entangling alliances. I also think an immediate return to the gold standard should be in order with a gradual increase in the strength of the dollar until it is at a rate of $30 per gram or aprox. $930/oz. I am not saying that we should not make good on the debt that is already held by any foreign groups (P.R.C. et.al.) but that it should be paid when it comes due and they are not allowed to purchase any new debt. If they want to unload the dollars that they have from selling a ton of cheap merchandise in my country then they can buy some of my quality goods.

Keep up the good work.

When instead of a check, Jim H’s bank gets one of those IOU’s representing the missing dollars in the “Trust Fund”, he’ll understand the truth in the old saw, “figures don’t lie, but liars figure”.

”Obama is banking on the assumption that the American people are just too dim-witted to understand the consequences of the debt bomb” With the “it’s all manna from heaven” response in Wisconsin and in sympathy elsewhere, and some of the comments here against the dire need to rein in public debt, it would appear his assumption is not only correct, but politically popular.

Sadly, the liberal watch-dogs (boxer, et. al) and their threats even have my favorite, once daring, on-line conservative newsletter fearful of punishment.

What has our country come too when true patriots, freedom loving Americans, can no longer express their outrage and speak of possible eventualities without fear from the governing elitist classes!

Fearfully, it seems the future I sometime remark on and recently wrote a post about, edited out or not posted, is even more reason to act on the ominous warnings.

Doesn’t this sad state of currently inhibited free speech and protest rights tell anyone out there that we already tipped, especially when the people and their news outlets must fear the government for reprisals? It is sounding much more every day like past Germany, USSR, China, and others throughout history, my Patriot friends. ;(

Realistically, it is a miracle this nation has survived as long as it has considering its foundation was based on Mason ideology, Christian heretical theology, the destructive and blasphemous, misnamed "Enlightenment" (and Protestant revolt against the authoritive Church established by Christ) and a false hope that man can govern himself by placing himself over and above the one true God. Liberty? Freedom to blaspheme, to worship false gods, to destroy the minds, hearts and souls of millions. No, there is no such liberty revealed by God.

Who is running the asylum? The lunatics or the crooks? Both.

I believe there is more hope in the future if, like you say, we elect a overwhelming majority of Constitutional minded Senators, Representatives and Executive branch officials. Ones who will pare the government down to it's rightful size. Passing FairTax, limiting terms, outlawing pork, repealing all of the unnecessary perks, repealing all UN treaties, requiring all proposed laws to meet Constitutional requirements, plain language laws, laws that are no more than 200 pages, all laws must be read and understood by all members, restoring our sovereignty and our borders, removing all who commit crimes and are not citizens, outlawing public service unions, removing department of education, health and human services and all others not duly authorized by the Constitution.

This is a start....

@latrell -- Actually it was Woodrow Wilson's closest advisor, Edward Mandell House, who came up with the idea of a graduated income tax, the Federal Reserve and the "league of nations." House also wrote a book titled "Philip Dru: Administrator - A Story of Tomorrow." In this book, it outlines House's radical socialist agenda for the United States.

Also, here are two other books I have which talk about E.M House: "The Creature from Jekyll Island - A Second Look at the Federal Reserve" by G. Edward Griffin and "The Shadows of Power - The Council on Foreign Relations and the American Decline" by James Perloff.

If We the People really...TRULY... want to know the battle that is upon us (and 'gaining ground rapidly'), We the People need to 'google search' (and carefully read) a brief editorial, written in 1792-3, by Philip Freneau (1st editor of Jefferson and Madison's United States Gazette)... entitled "Rules for Changing a Limited Constitutional Republic into an Unlimited Aristocratic Monarchy"... Only until then, will We the People clearly, and without question, know the TRUE fight that is upon us to save our great nation. I've tried (several times) to get folks like Glen Beck, Hannity, Lars Larson, Savage, etc. to bring it to light, on their national programs... but they give absolutely... zero response (which brings their true nature to light, perhaps)!!! Read it, My treasured countrymen, and pay close attention to rules, 1, 6, and 7 (especially 6)... apply the words to these modern times upon us. It should scare the Hell out of us all, as this Freneau editorial is EXACTLY what is being shoved down Our throats, by those who's quest is to undermine and destroy the Republic. Mr. Alexander... I most respectfully challenge you to share this, along with your thoughts and comment. If I am wrong about "Philip Freneau, Rules for Changing...", please let me know how I am wrong. Thank you Mr. Alexander... I earnestly await your response to this comment. Kenneth Gillam, Portland, Oregon

I have looked at the Philip Freneau writing and find it appalling. I staggers me to think that someone would want to destroy this fine nation. Am I just naive?. Mr. Alexander....I have been an avid reader of yours for several years as well as a supporter financial. I too, would love to read your take on this recipe for destruction. Is it valid and why should we not take a long look as it appears the there is enough substance to the writings that are in place today to create a resounding alarm throughout the land. Are we all afraid to face the truth and pledge our honor, our fortunes and our lives?

Dennis Laman - I have one disagreement with your posting. Laws shall be no more than 5 pages. The Constitution including the Bill of Rights is about a dozen pages. Why should something written by the crooks and/or mental midgets in Washington exceed something outstanding individuals wrote. It comes down to this, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bovine manure (I usually say the other term)."

I'm extremely concerned that after obama announced his decision to run for re-election that the comment was that he had or was expected to have in his 'war-chest' over $1 Billion dollars. This is such an obsene amount that it's ridiculous. Where did all this money come from? Was this kick-backs for the stimulous money he provided to the various companies? If it is, these companies should be made public information that they've squandered this money for political gaines. Or this should have been money paid back to the government. And why is he spending so much? Because he can! Because it's taxpayer's money! I'm totally offended!!!

Jim H., I have bad news for you. There is no Social Security Trust Fund. Congress spent it all years ago, when the Democrats were in charge. Every penny that is paid in as payroll taxes is immediately spent. Previously, if any of the money was spent on something other than Medicare or Social Security, that amount was replaced with an IOU on future taxes. In other words, the money was stolen from you, not locked away in a trust fund. Now, with Social Security receiving less in taxes than its current obligations, we are borrowing more money to pay off what was borrowed to send you your Social Security checks last year. In February and March the Treasury wrote over $1 trillion in checks - 8 times the amount it took in in taxes - most of it to recycle old debt.

Do you understand now why the system must change? If the status quo is allowed to continue, all of us will be poor except for a few who have made themselves functionally independent of the financial system, and the thieves who used it to steal our nation from us.

Institute a flat tax on income with no deductions or thresholds. Stop payroll withholding-everyone makes quarterly payments. Set the tax rate on inheritance, capital gains, and corporate profits at 1/2 the rate of the flat tax.

Stop Social Security and Medicaid for everyone 40 and under. Allow opt-out for everyone 41-50. Keep it for the geezers.

This ain't rocket science, ya know.

Through Constitutional Amendment, set spending at a percentage of GDP with another amendment limiting terms for Congress.

Require Congress to meet in D.C. in July, August, and September, housing them in barracks and require them to live in and work from their elected districts or states. This would probably render term limits moot. Forbid Congress from meeting in D.C. the remaining 9-months of the year. Imagine how difficult lobbying with lobbyists spread among 435 congressional districts.

Doggonint, MNIce! You jumped right in there just before I got to the bottom, and this comment! Thank You! You are correct. Meaning exactly so!

You also identify the miscreants responsible; Mostly Dems, aided by some RINO types. I dunno---lots of comments. Some intelligent. Others--? No oracle,me. Still, common sense, that rare quality, says that the Party Democrat, aided by the fraction RINO, has essentially stolen this Republic.Can it be recovered, redeemed? Getting thin, really thin! I pray for the children, and grandchildren---me? At 82+, WWII, Korea, RVN--probably no need to worry much longer. Semper Fi. That used to mean something.

Here's a thought. As conservatives, either physical or social, I am gravely concerned if power corrupts. We give tax breaks to the rich and offset those breaks with taxes on the middle class. This is redistribution of wealth. We dance around a deficient but isn't that a convenient smokescreen for doing what we loathe? We are creating a tier system, the very poor, the very rich. I took some time and read the GOP budget bill. If you have love ones in nursing home, disabled children or grownups, well kiss them good-bye.

Insurance, show me where insurance is your friend. Conservatives stay out of my doctors office and out of my bedroom. It's great to shout the mantra of smaller government but only if your brand or morality is included in the government. Separation of church and state?

My home state of Mich is communist. I beat that dead horse and so far no one has proven me wrong or even tried. To say your elected officials are now fired and DuPont takes over...Conservatism or Communism, tell me.

Crime might go down overall in DC (as people would be home to guard their own property from theft) but given boiling tensions, murder rates might go up... hard call during a closure! Definitely extortion tactics, though. Much like absolute statements akin to "If the government won't fund abortions, Planned Parenthood will go out of business" (which, of course is a lie.)

As career academician, now employed as a senior economist with a fortune 100 company, I must say that Alexander essay in February, "The Debt Bomb Showdown," was the best economic analysis I had read anywhere...that is until his essay this week, "The Most Perilous National Security Crisis Since 1860." Too bad that this most recent post is not required reading for ALL Americans, because it is spot on!

It seems that a lot of us need "crash course" on basic economics. All of this debate makes a lot more sense after listening to a guy like former Congressman Bob McEwen. His seminars and audio cd's are outstanding for helping people get a grip on the issues. I certainly wasn't given the basics in school. Isn't it so far out there that people acutally believe they can spend their way out of the hole?

Whenever you see "tax the rich", translate it "tax the seed money for creating new jobs" and you will better understand the "redistribution of wealth". The only people who can start a new business or build (grow) their current business are those who have wealth in excess of their immediate needs. Those who borrow with the intent of building wealth dig a hole which makes them servants to the lender.

This whole issue of national debt is very much about not being slaves to our government and those who lend the government money. It really is about freedom.

Lowering taxes gives freedom to those with more means and enables them to invest in and generate business which benefits all of us. Examples: electric light bulb, telephone, oil & gas, automobiles, aircraft, integrated circuits,radar, GPS, cell phones, internet, etc.

Thank you Patriot Post for taking up this battle with us!

Whenever you see "tax the rich", translate it "tax the seed money for creating new jobs" and you will better understand the "redistribution of wealth". The only people who can start a new business or build (grow) their current business are those who have wealth in excess of their immediate needs. Those who borrow with the intent of building wealth dig a hole which makes them servants to the lender.

This whole issue of national debt is very much about not being slaves to our government and those who lend the government money. It really is about freedom.

Lowering taxes gives freedom to those with more means and enables them to invest in and generate business which benefits all of us. Examples: electric light bulb, telephone, oil & gas, automobiles, aircraft, integrated circuits,radar, GPS, cell phones, internet, etc.

Thank you Patriot Post for taking up this battle with us!

For those that don't know about history ... Here is a condensed version:

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deerin the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1 . Liberals

2. Conservatives.

Once beer was iscovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottlenor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sittingaround waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at nightwhile they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement...

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. They became known as girlie-men. Some note worthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant.Liberals are symbolized by the jackass for obvious reasons.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer, mostly Bud or Miller. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks,construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, engineers, corporate executives, athletes, members of the military, airline pilots and generally anyone who works productively.

Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America .. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history:

It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before deleting it.

A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to piss them off.

And there you have it. Let your next action reveal your true self.....I'm going to have another beer.

There is a significant proportion of the American people who lack common sense. The 2011 budget was the responsibility of the Congress in session in 2010 and the one laying siege to the Oval Office, not 2011 Congress.

demagogues had sufficient control of both houses of Congress as well as "osama obama" occupying the Oval Office. Thus, without a single Republican vote, the demagogues could have passed and enacted the 2011 budget. But as a rangle, a "leader" of the demagogues so "elloquently" stated the facts, "We didn't get to it."

Thus, using common sense, how can Republicans, currently controlling only ONE house of Congress, in the year following when the budget should have been enacted, be held responsible for the fiasco that almost resulted in the "shutdown" of a signficant part of the US Government? The far left media chose to ignore the facts and the truth and attempt to place the blame on those who truthfull had no responsibility. By distorting the facts and spewing lies, the leftist media succeeded in convincing some American people that the Republicans were in fact responsible. Just one more example of how the leftist media despises the truth as it spreads lies in an effort to corrupt the thinking of the American people.

Just think of how much greater this nation could be if the leftist media would place its efforts on the facts and the truth as opposed to spewing the leftist talking points and agenda. But no, the leftist media wants to follow those such as george soros and work tirelessly to destroy this nation.

Ok, children, here is you economics lesson for today. Now, let’s talk about the budget cut in relation to the deficit that the Obamatrons are running.

$1.3 TRILLION!! Boy, that’s a big number. If fact is it so big that most people have NO idea what it means. So let’s divide that by 1 billion and, at the same time, let’s divide the Dems reduction of $30 billion and the Repubs $60 billion by the same number. Now what we have is $1,300 and either $30 or $60. Those are numbers most people can comprehend. Let’s assume that your household budget is $1,300 in the red and you’re suggesting either a $30 reduction or a $60 reduction in your budget to make things work. That’s absurd. And if you have even the most fundamental analytical ability you will see the absurdity of BOTH budget reduction plans.

Folks, we conservatives and the whole country, by default, just got buffaloed. $30 billion or $60 billion. You have to be kidding me. It should have been THREE HUNDRED BILLIION OR SIX HUNDRED BILLION !!!!!! At least the negotiation should have started there. This whole thing for the past several months has been nothing but a sick Kabuki dance. These idiot, supposed conservatives, like crybaby Boehner and even Bachman GOT HAD. The dems have won. Barry and Harry and Nancy are laughing their collectives Leftist BUTTS off. Bipartisan solution indeed!!!

Wake UP AMERICA, cause like we put it down south, you had better or you can put your head betweens your legs and kiss your butt goodbye

Re: geo2man

"For those that don't know about history ... Here is a condensed version"

Although you inject some good humor with sarcasm into your historical breakdown in the development of Liberals and Conservatives, you are spot on with your hypothesis.

It is so true.

And you know the good thing about the human devolvement (Liberal state of mind) you mention, if it ever came down to it, we conservatives would survive in droves through attrition by loss of the weaker.

Perhaps the quickest way to get this country back to its conservative bloodline would come through Patriots, by all means provided, in supporting and defending the US Constitution. The strong would survive and weak would perish, as it is natural in the animal kingdom.

Making this a discussion about politics or economics seems to create too much heat for civil or even rational discussion. Perhaps if we couched our predicament in physics analogies, we could reach some sense of clarity. For like those pesky laws, like gravity and electromagnetics, our collective opinions about what is happening really don't have any influence on reality, nor do they insulate us from the effects.

If I poke a hole in a bag of liquid, the liquid will drain out. Every time. If we continue to spend at current rates, in effect sending our capital out of our system, the whole is diminished. We can argue about which hole should be plugged first -- military, entitlements, taxes, etc. -- but dithering does not accomplish anything. Delay increases loss. The liquid will drain until we reach equilibrium by putting more in. Every time. Anything that obscures or tries to explain away gravity is a peril.

It is not possible to overstate the dire consequences facing us. Ostensibly intelligent people like Krugman at the Times are like the hucksters claiming to have invented a perpetual motion machine. Everyone would like to believe that we can spend our way to prosperity, but it is no more likely than creating a machine that defies the laws of thermodynamics and produces more energy than it consumes.

This biased info, or slander, was begun by Donald Trump, is false & malicious, and I do not care to read. So please find some other deversion.

Since President Nixon in 1971 took the US off the Gold Standard, Our $$$$have only been backed by the faith and trust of the people. This move allowed government to print money ad Lib, totally without restraint. Thus we funded foreign wars and became involved in foreign matters of which President Washington told us to avoid. He knew that we would run up a terrible national debt if we did not remain out of foreign affairs. Not only have we run up our national debt by borrowing from foreign Governments but now we are repaying those government bonds with worthless counterfeit $$$$. Is it any wonder that Russia, Iran, China and India now no longer use our $$$$ as the reserve currency it once was? If more countries follow their example then we will be in major trouble. Why should any foreign government now trust our devalued $$$$? Honesty is our best policy both with our own citizens and foreign governments. Go back to the constitution and only use Gold and Silver as the basis of our currency. There needs to be a yearly audit of our gold and silver reserves. Any printed currency needs to be guaranteed against our reserves. With the exception of an allowance to the Federal Government to print 10% more currency each year, thus devalueing our currency by 10%, all other types of Federal Taxation should cease. Being required to balance the yearly budget and only allowed 10% taxation through inflation will rigidly restrict Federal spending.